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- Bournonville, the son of a French dancer, dominated the ballet scene in Denmark for four decades beginning in the 1830s. He created over 50 ballets for the Danish Royal Ballet, driven by fanciful plots, many based in Danish folklore. “My entire poetic sphere is Nordic,” he wrote in his memoirs.
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Jul 9, 2019 · Bournonville, the son of a French dancer, dominated the ballet scene in Denmark for four decades beginning in the 1830s. He created over 50 ballets for the Danish Royal Ballet, driven by fanciful...
Jun 17, 2016 · How the visionary Bournonvile came to develop a dancing style that would forever become the unique hallmark of Danish ballet. Say “ballet” in Denmark, and before long you’ll hear one name: Bournonville. The Danes pronounce it: Bonn-ville.
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August Bournonville (born Aug. 21, 1805, Copenhagen, Den.—died Nov. 30, 1879, Copenhagen) was a dancer and choreographer who directed the Royal Danish Ballet for nearly 50 years and established the Danish style based on bravura dancing and expressive mime.
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The Bournonville style was partly influenced by the choreographer's own qualities as a dancer—lightness, precision and grace—and it became celebrated for the detail and speed of its allegro, the buoyancy of its jumps, the open, easy carriage of the dancers' upper bodies, and the musical flow of their phrasing.
August Bournonville (21 August 1805 – 30 November 1879) was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. He was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the nephew of Julie Alix de la Fay, née Bournonville, of the Royal Swedish Ballet .
Jun 9, 2005 · By John Rockwell. June 9, 2005. COPENHAGEN, June 7 - Why has the popularity of August Bournonville, born 200 years ago this August, swelled in the last few decades, after 75 years of provincial...
Apr 17, 2020 · The guiding principle of the Bournonville method is that the dancer performs with natural grace, dramatic impact, and harmony between body and movement. The Bournonville method is noted for developing quick footwork, as required by Bournonville’s choreography.
